Tag: FTC
US: Walgreens’ plan is for FTC to rule on Rite Aid...
Walgreens Boots Alliance could soon declare it has “certified compliance” in its Rite Aid merger, forcing the US Federal Trade Commission to vote on...
US: FTC files complaint against ViroPharma for delaying generic competition
The Federal Trade Commission filed a complaint in federal district court charging Shire ViroPharma with violating the antitrust laws by abusing government processes to...
US: Walgreens just slashed its Rite Aid offer by $2 billion
Walgreens Boots Alliance and Rite Aid's giant drugstore merger got smaller today after the companies said they would cut the value of the deal,...
US: Billionaire Thiel is leading the search for Trump’s antitrust officials
A leading Facebook board member and billionaire is now helping the Trump administration’s search to fill the government’s two top antitrust vacancies, Buzzfeeed reported.
Thiel has argued...
US: Walgreens-Rite Aid clock runs down with no extension
Walgreens Boots Alliance Chief Executive Officer Stefano Pessina says he still believes in his company’s purchase of Rite Aid, but declined to say whether...
US: Mallinckrodt to pay $100 million to settle antitrust suit
The drugmaker Mallinckrodt has agreed to pay $100 million to settle Federal Trade Commission and state charges that the company and its Questcor division...
US: FTC chairwoman to step down, leaving three vacancies
US Federal Trade Commission Chairwoman Edith Ramirez will step down next month after more than three years as chair and six at the agency...
The US Federal Trade Commission issues report on patent assertion entities
Posted by Social Science Research Network
The US Federal Trade Commission issues report on patent assertion entities
By Michael A. Carrier (Rutgers Law School)
Abstract: In...
US: Walgreens has no backup plan should Rite Aid merger fail
Walgreens CEO Stefano Pessina recently revealed the firm has no backup plan should its lengthy proposed merger with Rite Aid fall through.
Pessina told analysts...
Analyzing The Geographic Market In Hospital Mergers: Travel Patterns Take A...
By Andrea Levine & Andy Hasty -
This article looks at recent hospital merger cases which highlight not only the importance of a properly defined geographic...
